Bug#1033311: sysvinit-utils: pidof not always returning a pid, when using the full path to a program

[Jesse Smith]

> Given subsequent discussion, could we instead use canonicalize_file_name
> or realpath here instead? That would give us the "correct" path without
> pidof having to think hard about symlinks et al.


I'm open to the possibility. I'm curious as to what you see as the pros
vs cons of changing the approach used by pidof?